Effect of critical access hospital conversion on patient safety

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6 P1, 2007, Pages 2089-2108

  Li, Pengxiang ^a   Schneider, John E ^b,c   Ward, Marcia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AHRQ patient safety indicators; Critical access hospital; Observational data quasi experiments; Policy evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MIX; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DECUBITUS; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LACERATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUNCTURE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IOWA; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICARE PART A; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948935562     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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